About Waring

Since its founding in 1972 by Josée and Philip Waring as an alternative approach to schooling, Waring has set itself apart by its commitment to creating an environment where learning can thrive. We strive to maintain a culture that honors and supports the human desire to learn.

Admissions

"As I entered college I was amazed by how well Waring had prepared me. At first it wasn't obvious: I had no idea what it would be like to have 1600 classmates, or suddenly to receive grades! But as the classes started up, I realized that Waring had endowed me with the ability and courage to speak up, to be a leader in countless ways, and to be a positive presence in a community. Waring is not like college: in college, professors may not reach out to students to ensure success, as they do at Waring. But Waring teaches us how to take the initiative to reach out, whether to professors, classmates, or anyone in the community; that skill is invaluable."

Academics

Waring offers a full program of intellectual, aesthetic, and physical activities for its students. The program balances academic rigor with breadth and asks all students to work not only in Humanities, Math, Science, French, Art, and Writing, but also in Theater, Athletics, Music, Travel, and short-term intensives like Camping Trip and the Endterm program.

Athletics

“Waring sports teams maintain a competitive attitude against other teams while fostering a huge amount of support and love for each other. I feel confident in my abilities as an athlete post-Waring, but I also feel confident in my ability to be a good teammate. This relates back to the classroom, and any environment because Waring sports has helped me become a good peer."

Arts

At Waring we believe that finding your voice through small studio arts and crafts, musical study, and theatrical production, will help you find your voice in the world. We ensure that many forms of art are incorporated in students daily lives in order to foster a love of culture and the world around us. Whether practicing a violin concerto, printmaking in the studio, discovering the world through a camera lens, or acting in a classic or avant-garde production, the Waring Arts program has something for everyone. Here, you will often spot musicians rehearsing in their soccer uniforms or students jogging from Chemistry lab to Theater rehearsal.

Co-Curricular

Waring School’s educational program is based on the premise that, in order to learn, students must be challenged with worthy intellectual material, exciting creative projects and ample opportunities to display their talents and expand their ideas through meaningful interactions with peers and adults.

Support Waring

As an independent school, Waring does not receive grants or aid from federal, state or local governments. Tuition only covers a portion of the actual cost of each student’s education. Tax-deductible contributions to the Waring Fund make up the difference.

Community and Giving

The role of Institutional Advancement at Waring School is three-fold: community-building, fundraising, and communications.These activities are vital to both the day-to-day life of the school and the long-range strength of Waring.

Community-building

So much of what we do at Waring School depends on the strength of our community in support of our students. Alumni Relations strives to keep our graduates connected to each other and the school as they best embody the Waring experience. Events enable us to come together to celebrate, to connect with other parents and friends, and to raise needed resources for the school. Some events, like the Waring Auction, do all three things! And volunteering is the way that our community members engage with each other and the school in support of our most important constituency: Waring students. Learn more about volunteer opportunities.

Giving

Our tradition at Waring School is that we are a gift-supported institution. The spirit of philanthropy is as much a part of the Waring culture as our beloved campus. We rely on you - our philanthropic partners - to help support this special learning community. Fundraising serves to fill the gap that tuition revenues do not provide. Fundraising gives us the resources to create a strong and stable financial future for the school and to enable students of diverse backgrounds to attend Waring.

Communications

Communications is the means by which we stay connected and informed at both a practical, and a visionary, level. Communications includes the website, weekly email updates, Head of School newsletter, the monthly “Le Mois” newsletter, and all print media, as well as social media. As communication technologies evolve, so does our communication mix to better serve our needs for staying connected and well informed.

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Each year, hundreds of Waring alumni, parents, alum parents, foundations, grandparents, and friends make elective gifts in support of the Waring Fund, Waring School’s annual giving program. This generosity helps to support Waring’s exceptional academic programs; compensate our outstanding faculty and advance their professional development; award financial aid to talented, motivated and economically needy students; support Waring’s arts and athletics programs and fund many other activities that make a Waring education so inspiring and distinctive.

Gifts of all sizes are welcome. But, each year, gifts of $1,000 and above represent more than 80% of total fund receipts. We invite you to consider making Waring one of your top philanthropic priorities and to make a commensurate gift decision. Ask yourself, “How much is the gift of a great education worth?”

Participating in the Waring Fund shows broad community support and helps attract funding from corporations and foundation funding sources.

Applying for a matching gift from your employer can double the impact of your contribution. The human resources department may be able to provide you with a matching gift form. Please ﻿see the Matching Gift Program List to the right for a list of employers in Massachusetts that offer matching gifts.

Board of Trustees Reaches 100% Participation!

11/1/2017

The Waring School Board of Trustees has reached 100% participation in the 2017-18 Waring Fund! This complete Board support reflects the strong commitment of the Trustees to the Head of School, faculty and administration, as well as its strategic vision for the future of Waring.

The French Cultural Center Alliance Française of Boston and Cambridge has awarded Waring teacher Maureen Gedney’s school-wide project “Jouons Ensemble” (let’s play together) a grant of $400. The goal of this project is to create a “Jouons Ensemble” forum across the school that will bring together beginners all the way up to the more advanced students.

Waring Fund Reaches 77% of Goal by Year End

1/17/2017

Thank you to our Waring Fund donors for your unrestricted support for the Waring School. Your gifts to the Waring Fund reflect your dedication and commitment to the school. Together, we make the Waring community even stronger. Thanks to you, we raised 77% of our $400,000 goal by December 31st. Our fiscal year ends June 30th, 2017. Contributions to the Waring Fund make a tremendous impact on the day-to-day lives of our students. We offer our heartfelt gratitude for your continuing support.

Waring School Faculty Reaches 100% participation

12/6/2016

Waring School faculty and staff reached 100% participation in the Waring Fund for the second consecutive year! This continuing, unanimous support reflects our faculty’s deep commitment to the success of Waring School, its leadership and its strategic vision for the future. Thank you to each member of the faculty and staff for their dedication to our students and for the many ways they give back to this special community. Their support of the Waring Fund sets an impressive example for our students, parents, and alumni.

At Waring School, a leadership gift is defined as a gift of $1,000 or greater. In years past, leadership gifts have made up over 80% of Waring Fund receipts. Leadership gifts can be made in the form of cash or appreciated securities. Leadership gifts can help provide a tremendous boost to the quality of education at Waring School. If you are interested in making a leadership gift, please contact Landis Van Alen, Development Officer at (978) 927-8793 ext. 337

Many corporations offer matching gift programs to support employees and their families and sometimes even retired employees. Matching gifts from corporations can double the impact of your gift and the entire gift will be credited to you and your family. Please obtain a matching gifts form from your human resources department, fill out the appropriate information and return to the Waring School Advancement Office for processing. Please check with your employer or see the Matching Gift Program List below to see a list of companies in Massachusetts that offer matching gifts.

Many of our supporters prefer to make a gift of appreciated securities. Giving a gift of stock offers certain tax advantages that are appealing to many donors. To make a gift of shares of stock, please contact Landis Van Alen, Development Officer at (978) 927-8793 ext. 337.

Honoring alumnae/i, faculty or important members of the school community by making a gift as a tribute is a meaningful way to express your appreciation for the efforts of a loved one or close friend and to support Waring School at the same time. When a memorial gift is received, the Advancement Office credits the gift accordingly.

Through our online giving website, you can set up an automatic monthly contribution to Waring School to be charged to your credit card. Please contact Landis Van Alen, Development Officer at (978) 927-8793 ext. 337 if you have any questions regarding recurring gifts.

Waring School’s legacy society is called the Copper Beech Circle. The Copper Beech Circle is a group of devoted supporters who make a deferred gift to the school. Members of the Copper Beech Circle have named Waring School as a beneficiary of a life insurance policy or retirement plan, or have made a bequest to the school in their will.

You can become a member of the Copper Beech Circle by naming Waring School in your will. Leaving a bequest to Waring is a simple way to transfer assets from your estate to benefit Waring School, while reducing taxes.

In order to make a bequest, please contact your attorney, or insert one of the following statements into your will or codicil:

A Charitable Remainder Trust is a special type of trust that is tax-exempt under Federal law. To set up a Charitable Remainder Trust, a donor contributes to Waring School an irrevocable right to the remainder interest of the trust in accordance with a Trust agreement. Please contact your financial and legal advisors to determine if a setting up a charitable remainder trust is appropriate for you.

Some donors choose to make other types of deferred gifts. A donor can name Waring School as the beneficiary of an insurance policy or an Individual Retirement Account (IRA). The assets remain in ownership of the donor until the time of death, at which time the gift is tax deductible. An IRA is an especially effective gift because Waring will receive the full amount of the IRA without reduction for income taxes. Gifts of closely-held stock or tangible personal property are other deferred gifts that can be considered.

Capital gifts support the people, programs, and facilities of Waring School. From time to time we undertake campaigns to secure gifts for our capital needs. The Waring School endowment provides working capital in support of teaching and learning in perpetuity.

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The Waring School offers a highly demanding college-preparatory education, for grades 6-12, which stresses liberal arts in the setting of a supportive school community. The Waring atmosphere is one in which both teachers and students want to learn and believe that school is not an end in itself but is the beginning of a lifelong learning process.